Pré MOT check DHC

But I’ll start with a belated happy 42nd birthday for the DHC, as she was first registered on the 6th of June 1980! As for this posts title: The initial plan was to fully service the DHC yesterday, in preparation for its upcoming biennial MOT. But with temperatures in the shade of almost 35ºC that wasn't an inviting perspective. So I decided to limit the work to the most vital bits and carry out the service somewhere after the car’s MOT later in the week.

I started with a check of the wheel bearings and a visual check of the other visible suspension bits. After which I moved my attention to the engine bay. Traditionally the first check is the water pump area. Always nice to see nothing wrong there.

Routing and condition of the choke cable.

The (6mm fuel) hose is there to prevent the cable from kinking.

Checking the custom throttle actuator rod

No play or funny noises on the viscous coupling and pulley bearing.

Clean connectors on the hi-torque starter motor

Checking lights etc.

And finally a few overview pictures of the engine bay. Certainly not concourse condition, but not too shabby either after 12 years of use since her restoration was completed.